Leaders and activists of the Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League's associate body of students, on Tuesday stopped tender process for the supply of medicine and stationery to the upazila health centre at Durgapur in Rajshahi.
Sources said that tender submission had closed on Tuesday. Some contractors were going to submit tender documents at the Durgapur health complex.
The Durgapur upazila council vice-chairman, Banesa Begum, also an Awami League leader, went there along with her supporters to submit tender bids.
A group of Chhatra League leaders about 12:30pm reached the place and asked Banesa to make an arrangement so that they could together submit the bids, which led to an altercation.
At one point, Chhatra League men attacked the gathering and dispersed the contractors from the place Banesa refused to reach a negotiation. They also tried to beat the husband of Banesa but he managed to get away.
They captured Banesa Begum and confined her to a room of the health complex for an hour.
The Chhatra League men then started beating people who were present there. A large number of policemen reached the spot and controlled the situation.
Banesa Begum told New Age that the Chhatra League activists had attacked her supporters in the presence of lawmen.
She also alleged that the Chhatra League men had confined her to a room for an hour. The police later rescued her, she said.
The upazila unit Chhatra League president, Azahar Ali, however, brushed aside any such allegation.
The upazila health officer, Anisur Rahman, told New Age that they had closed the tender submission because of the fracas.
The Durgapur police officer-in-charge, Ohidul Islam, told New Age that they had controlled the situation immediately.
Source : New Age
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